牙音

Chinese

		tooth; ivory	sound; noise; news
trad. (牙音)		牙	音
simp. #(牙音)		牙	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáyin
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-yin¹
    • Yale: yá-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yain
    • Palladius: яинь (jainʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴ jam¹
    • Yale: ngàh yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

牙音

1. (Chinese phonetics) velar consonant; any of the group of consonants represented by the Middle Chinese pronunciation the following 字母 (zìmǔ): 見／见 (/k/), 溪 (/kʰ/), 群 (/ɡ/) and 疑 (/ŋ/)

Synonyms

• 軟顎音／软颚音 (ruǎn'èyīn)